Pulse: Tribe in as Rays, Rangers head to tiebreaker

Summary of 26 articles · Updated Oct 1, 2013

David Price's complete-game effort and Evan Longoria's three hits led the way in the Rays' 5-2 win over the Rangers in the American League tiebreaker game on Monday night at Rangers Ballpark. The Texas Rangers have won seven games in a row, righting a Sep… (more)tember record that was 4-15 at one point and forcing a one-game tiebreaker Monday with the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays boast a deep rotation, with David Price whose complete-game effort was instrumental in winning the tiebreaker Cobb, Matt Moore and Chris Archer occupying the top four spots. He did not have his best stuff on Monday, generating just four swings and misses all night, and he set the Rangers down in order just twice in nine innings . A more sophisticated calculation using the winning percentages of the two teams involved in each game via Bill James’ Log5 formula which is used in the Monte Carlo simulations that make up the Baseball Prospectus Playoff Odds yields an 11.9 percent chance of the three-way tie.

Follow the leader: Price's value soaring for Rays

David Price has grown in stature every year of his career, writes columnist Richard Justice. And with his team's season on the line Monday, Price threw a 118-pitch complete game to beat the Rangers and send the Rays to the American League Wild Card Game…

Game 163: Evan Longoria and David Price lead Rays to wild card with 5-2 victory at Texas

The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Texas Rangers in Game 163 on Monday night, winning 5-2 to advance to the AL wild-card game against the Cleveland Indians. It's the fourth time in the past six seasons the Rays have reached the playoffs. Coincidentally, the pa…

Blown call on Delmon Young line drive costs Rays a run in AL tiebreaker game

If this were 2014, a manager's challenge would have followed the final "out" of the top of the seventh inning in Monday night's AL wild card tiebreaker game.But baseball hasn't put into effect its new instant replay rules yet, which means ther…

Rays’ Evan Longoria hits record-breaking home run in Game 163

Your browser does not support iframes. Stop him if you've heard this before: Evan Longoria is having a big game in the last game of the regular season. Continuing a career-long trend, Longoria hit a key two-run home run to help the Tampa Bay Rays build …

Cuts: Indians in, Rangers vs. Rays in tiebreaker

Rays ride deep rotation, 'pen into postseason

The Rays bring a deep rotation into the postseason, with David Price, whose complete-game effort was instrumental in winning the tiebreaker; Alex Cobb, who starts Wednesday's Wild Card Game; Matt Moore; and Chris Archer occupying the top four spots. All…

The Rays celebrate clinching their postseason spot with dancing and debauchery

The Tampa Bay Rays earned themselves a celebration Monday night by beating the Texas Rangers 5-2 in the AL wild card tiebreaker game. The Rays finally clinched a playoff spot after 163 games.And celebrate they did, according to videos that Delmon Young …

Nelson Cruz in the starting lineup, batting sixth for Rangers in tiebreaker game

After the Texas Rangers kept their season alive with a win Sunday, we talked about the possibility of Nelson Cruz playing in Monday's tiebreaker game against the Tampa Bay Rays. Well, it's happening. The Rangers' starting lineup has Cruz batting sixth a…

Nelson Cruz will be activated for Monday’s Rays-Rangers tiebreaker game after 50-game PED suspension

The Texas Rangers have won seven games in a row, righting a September record that was 4-15 at one point and forcing a one-game tiebreaker Monday with the Tampa Bay Rays. It will decide which team gets the second wild card spot in the American League pla…